Medical contributions
David is writing about British medical contributions. Here are the highlights, with links to our files. Almost everybody I know has benefited from one or more of these discoveries and inventions.
Discovering circulation of blood
Discovering citrus fruits prevent scurvy
Discovering digitalis helps the heart
Discovering nitrous oxide, the first anaesthetic
Discovering the first usable anaesthesia
Discovering poor sanitation causes cholera and many other diseases and problems (Voted the most important medical advance ever by the BMJ)
Establishing antiseptic surgery
Discovering the cause of malaria
Discovering the cause of Malta Fever
Discovering the cause of sleeping sickness
Founding the science of genetics
Inventing the X-ray spectrometer
Discovering insulin (in Canada)
Establishing the structure of penicillin, insulin, & B12
Discovering smoking causes cancer
Inventing beta blockers to stop heart attacks
Synthesizing a drug that blocks the over-production of acid by the stomach
Establishing modern hospice care
Inventing keyhole surgery for babies
Discovering Helicobacter pylori causes gastritis and peptic ulcer disease (in Australia)
Helping to map the Human Genome
I wish I could thank all those creative and hard-working people.
Comments (1)
Establishment of the first blood transfusion service.
outcast | July 5, 2009 03:56 AM
Posted on July 05, 2009 03:56